- Sheri Griffiths, Head,
Greater Ontario, Canadian
Commercial Banking honoured at WXN Canada's Most Powerful Women:
Top 100 Awards
- BMO Entrepreneurs Award celebrates 14 thriving women business
owners
TORONTO, Dec. 2, 2020 /CNW/ - For the fifth
consecutive year, a BMO Financial Group leader is among the
recipients of the WXN (Women's Executive Network) Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100
Awards.
Sheri Griffiths, Senior Vice
President, Head, Greater Ontario,
Canadian Commercial Banking, has been recognized for her leadership
and will be celebrated along with 105 honourees in various
categories at the virtual Top 100 Awards Gala on Thursday, December 3. In addition to marking this
achievement, BMO is sponsoring the Entrepreneurs Award, recognizing
14 women business owners who are growing their businesses while
navigating challenging circumstances during the pandemic. The
sponsorship is part of BMO's ongoing work to support small
businesses in making real financial progress, especially those led
by women.
Launched in 2003, the Top 100 Awards celebrate the incredible
accomplishments of Canada's leading female executive
talent as well as their organizations and networks. The awards
serve to recognize talented leaders in the private, public, and
not-for-profit sectors as well as inspire the current and next
generation of women to push the boundaries of what's possible. The
winners are selected by WXN's Diversity Council of Canada.
Named to Canada's Most Powerful
Women list, Sheri Griffiths has an
MBA from Dalhousie University and more
than three decades of extensive retail and commercial banking
experience. Her tenure at BMO spans 20 years; in her current role,
she leads Commercial Banking throughout Greater Ontario. She is an executive sponsor
of BMO for Women, a program which supports and advances women in
business; she also leads the Canadian Commercial Banking National
Diversity and Inclusion Council, which supports BMO's commitment to
building a future with zero barriers to inclusion. Griffiths' deep
passion for supporting women entrepreneurs, creating a culture of
equality, and empowering those around her have contributed to her
standing among WXN Canada's Most Powerful Women.
"Known for her leadership, mentorship, and efforts to advance
the success of women business owners, Sheri
Griffiths is truly deserving of this outstanding achievement
– especially as she actively grows the good for customers and
colleagues," said Mona Malone, Head of People & Culture
and Chief Human Resources Officer, BMO Financial Group. "Supporting
women business leaders and owners is an ongoing commitment for BMO.
In a year when the pandemic has disproportionately affected their
livelihoods, we're also proud to recognize the perseverance of
women entrepreneurs through our sponsorship of the Top 100 Awards."
As part of the awards program, 14 women will be recognized with
the BMO Entrepreneurs Award for their flourishing success. The list
of winning entrepreneurs can be found here.
Throughout November, the recipients of the BMO-sponsored award
have been included in various virtual events with the bank's senior
leaders, such as thought-leadership presentations, roundtable
discussions, and networking luncheons with fellow honourees.
As part of BMO's ongoing support of small and women-led
businesses, recent initiatives focused on female entrepreneurs
include:
- The BMO Celebrating Women Grant Program awarded $100,000 in grants to women business owners on
Women's Entrepreneurship Day
- Creation of a new women-owned business directory to encourage
consumers to buy women-owned products and services
- Ongoing work to double the bank's industry-leading support for
women entrepreneurs as part of its Purpose commitments, along with
its ongoing investment of $3 billion
in capital over three years to women-owned businesses and programs
across Canada to ensure they
succeed, and an online training module to aid Relationship Managers
in having more in-depth conversations with women business owners
and investors
- Online resource centre for women at bmoforwomen.com that
provides critical advice for building a successful business through
workshops, webinars, and award-winning podcast, Bold(h)er
For more information about WXN Canada's Most Powerful Women,
please visit: https://wxnetwork.com/page/top100awards. For
more information on BMO for Women, visit:
https://bmoforwomen.com/ourcommitment/.
About BMO Financial Group
Serving customers for
200 years and counting, BMO is a highly diversified financial
services provider - the 8th largest bank, by assets, in North
America. With total assets of $949 billion as
of October 31, 2020, and a team of diverse and highly engaged
employees, BMO provides a broad range of personal and commercial
banking, wealth management and investment banking products and
services to more than 12 million customers and conducts business
through three operating groups: Personal and Commercial Banking,
BMO Wealth Management and BMO Capital Markets.
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